KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew medically evacuated a man from the cruise ship Norwegian Encore in Chatham Strait, Monday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 7:27 a.m. and safely hoisted and transported the patient to awaiting Emergency Medical Service personnel at the Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center in […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard task force returned to Anchorage Friday after a nine-day deployment conducting facility inspections in Northwest Arctic Borough. From July 6 through 15, members of Sector Anchorage’s Marine Safety Task Force (MSTF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inspected 24 bulk fuel storage facilities in 11 Alaskan communities, including Kotzeue, Kivalina, […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued two overdue boaters on shore in Totem Bay Sunday after their vessel sank. A Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team-Seattle 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew, forward-deployed to Petersburg, located the two boaters on shore at 11:13 a.m., embarked them, and transported them to EMS in Petersburg. Both men […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued two people after their plane crashed on Montague Island, Tuesday. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew forward deployed to Cordova, Alaska, arrived on scene at 6:46 p.m., landed near the crash site, embarked the two survivors and transported them to Cordova. The two people […]